Balcescu Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Balcescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 130 | 1:154,445 | 16,256 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Bălcescu (36) are calculated separately.
Balcescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balcescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balcescu is most common in Romania. It may occur as a variant: Bălcescu. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balcescu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,527,735th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Balcescu are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Romania, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 154,445. In Romania it is mostly found in: Gorj County, where 49 percent live, Bucharest Municipality, where 42 percent live and Dolj County, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Romania this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and Moldova, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bălcescu | 96 | 36 | / |
| Balacescu | 94 | 231 | / |
| Balicescu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Belcescu | 88 | 144 | / |
| Balasescu | 82 | 491 | / |
| Balusescu | 82 | 98 | / |
| Bălăcescu | 82 | 59 | / |
| Belicescu | 82 | 15 | / |
| Bălacescu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Paulcescu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Balchisu | 75 | 5 | / |
| Volcescu | 75 | 5 | / |
| Vâlcescu | 75 | 5 | / |
| Balceska | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bălţescu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bălăşescu | 71 | 225 | / |
| Bălășescu | 71 | 64 | / |
| Palasescu | 71 | 6 | / |
| Belicesco | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bălușescu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bulzesc | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bäläåžescu | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Balcescu
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